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Now, drive smart as Airtel brings a new app exclusively for its customers that enable users to view their location on a map and plan the route from one place to another. SmartDrive is assisted by a voice based turn by turn navigation that gives real time information updates on traffic situation on roads around. What’s more, it also suggests the subscriber an alternate route in case of traffic congestion on the normal route.

Airtel, with the launch of SmartDrive, becomes the first operator in the country to offer such a product giving real time traffic flow information along with other valuable information.

Airtel customers can download the app from www.airtellive.com/smartdrive using their mobile or by sending SMS smart to 54321.

Following are the subscription charges for SmartDrive

S. No

Feature

Charges

1

Search and map viewer

Free

2

Navigation (Daily pack)

Rs/ 10 per day

3.

Navigation (Monthly pack)

Rs. 99 per month

4.

Live traffic (Daily pack)

Rs. 3/ day

5.

Live traffic (Monthly pack)

Rs. 49/ month

Data browsing is absolutely free till 30th November, post which normal data usage charges will apply as per the data pack availed by the customer

Airtel has forged an alliance with State Bank of India to offer mobile banking services. Airtel and SBI have formed a joint venture which will offer financial products at affordable cost to the citizens in areas which are unbanked and under banked.

The customers of Airtel will be able to avail the banking services by visiting the retail and distributor outlets and open new SBI bank accounts and avail other banking products and services.

The Reserve Bank of India wants banking services to be available in every village with a population of 2000 and more. RBI has so far allowed 40 banks to offer mobile banking services. While 35% of the people in India use banking services more than 60% have access to the mobile phones. While SBI has 13000 branches, Airtel has covered 5100 towns and nearly 500,000 villages through its network of 1.5 million retailers and distributors across India.

It is a win win situation for both the mobile operators and the banks in India as on the one hand it will help the banking sector to fulfill its commitment of financial inclusion, the mobile operators will be in a position to offer more value added services to their customers.

Bharti Airtel, which has crossed 200 million subscribers in its 19 countries of operation, has launched a new logo. This change is made to provide a unified face of the organization to its stakeholders and customers across the globe.

The company is also changing its signature tune. The new tune is also composed by AR Rahman, who composed the earlier one.

This is the third rebranding for Airtel and the company is expected to spend around Rs 300 cr